๐ Scenario
As a FinOps practitioner, I need to monitor both actual and amortized costs using a single, consolidated dataset in order to produce chargeback reports and reconcile invoices without duplicating data
๐ Solution
Change amortization to be applied as separate rows, like Cost Management cost allocation, which would allow data to be either amortized or actual based on whether a filter is applied. Amortization would be the default since that is the more common scenario across the organization. (Only the people paying the invoice require the actual, billed charges.)
โน๏ธ Additional context
Consider writing a proposal to change how Cost Management provides amortized data. If the data was generated the same way cost allocation is generated, then this workaround wouldn't be needed and organizations would be able to reduce their data storage costs.